{"id":19252,"date":"2021-01-12T16:03:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=19252"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:47:01","slug":"pnr-weekly-digest-january-12-2021","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/pnr-weekly-digest-january-12-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"PNR Weekly Digest: January 12, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Items regarding COVID-19 information are indicated with an *<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In the Dragonfly:<\/u><\/h2>\n

A Resilient New Year!
\n<\/strong>How can we practice resilience in the New Year? Psychologists define resilience as \u201cthe process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress\u2014such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors.\u201d1 This doesn\u2019t mean we deny reality but instead we develop the strong coping skills needed to deal with harsh realities. Fortunately, resilience is something we can cultivate and grow. These featured books offer helpful tips for your resiliency garden\u2026read the blog post to learn about the featured books<\/a><\/p>\n

Consumer Health Minute: New Dietary Guidelines
\n<\/strong>\u201cMake Every Bite Count with the Dietary Guidelines!\u201d is the newly released 2020-2025 edition of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services\u2019 (HHS) Dietary Guidelines. Every five years these guidelines are provided to the public and health professionals with the most current science based evidence to help in the promotion of good health and reduce the risk of disease\u2026learn more about how you can inform your communities about the new Dietary Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n

Professional Development:<\/u><\/h2>\n

NNLM CE Opportunities:
\n<\/u><\/strong>NNLM offers training on a variety of topics related to health information. A complete listing of NNLM educational opportunities<\/a> is available. Please note you need to create an NNLM account prior to registration if you don\u2019t already have one. This is not the same as being a member of NNLM.\u00a0 Learn how to register for clases and create a free account<\/a><\/p>\n

NNLM offers on-demand classes<\/a>, below is a sampling:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW class- Consumer Health Collection Management: <\/strong>This asynchronous course reviews collection management principles and resources for health-related collections in public libraries. Watch a recorded presentation and complete 2 assignments to evaluate your own library’s health collection, and consider how you can improve your health related materials to better serve your community. The class was created in partnership with WebJunction. (4 MLA CE) Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Introduction to Health Reference: Ethics and Best Practices: <\/strong>Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies through interactive, self-paced tutorials and a synthesis exercise. (4 MLA CE) Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Serving Diverse Communities: Building Cultural Competence and Humility into the Workplace: <\/strong>Participants will learn about some of the current critiques to using cultural competence principles and how cultural humility can be supplemented to create a more accepting, welcoming, and reflective working environment. Short demos of Think Cultural Health, PubMed, and Project Implicit are included to showcase three external resources that can be used to further explore this topic. (1 MLA CE) Register<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finding and Using Health Statistics:<\/strong> Written by staff at AcademyHealth and provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this tutorial on finding and using health statistics is aimed at students, librarians, and other professionals interested in an introduction to the principles behind health statistics. (3 MLA CE) Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Grants and Proposal Writing-On Demand:<\/strong> Designed for beginning grant proposal writers, this class presents a general overview of the grant and funding processes as well as the level of detail required in a successful proposal. (3 MLA CE) Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Data Management Training series:<\/strong> Research Data Management On Demand is made up of four stand-alone classes that introduce principles and practices of research data management. There is no particular order or progression in which to take the classes. Expect to spend up to four hours on each class learning through tutorials, videos and hands-on activities.<\/p>\n

The individual classes include:<\/p>\n